Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Here are two drills that really helped a student learn to hit freely like a systemist.

first hit a partner as he braces your with a hand on your forehead and keeps you from leaning with your body posture and gives you backwards momentoum as you begin to lean.

Second and most important: Hold your partners forearm as he keeps it aligned and relaxed and move it for him (or her) as if on a slide or tracks INTO your or another’s body. This introuduces relaxed hitting movement like nothing else I did in my classes so far. Vary and change but this works and on a personal note the light in their eyes as they experience and can than draw from it is pure joy to me 🙂 Smile and relax.